It sounds to me like you lost the timing belt. Was the engine exhibiting any signs of distress prior to shutting down? Abnormal noises, high temp, oil light on? How many miles on the car?
I doubt you could throw three rods without putting a hole in the block somewhere. Since you have the plugs out the next step would be to remove the oil filler cap and see if you can look in there and see the camshaft. If so, put a wrench on the end of the crankshaft and give it a turn and see if the cam moves with it. If not, you can assume you lost the timing belt. Since you have an interference engine you will probably need to remove the cylinder head next and see what is damaged.
Thanks, I am having it haued out of the Kia Dealership to my house and I will remove the head. First I will see if the engine will hand=crank backward direction. Then remove the head and inspect the valves, and such to see what specifically is broken. The spark plugs in three of four cylinders were flattened. and the belt indeed was broken... hope I can get away with new valves/seats...
Ron
<halatos2000@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1112815877.879977.219570@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...> It sounds to me like you lost the timing belt. Was the engine> exhibiting any signs of distress prior to shutting down? Abnormal> noises, high temp, oil light on? How many miles on the car?>
I doubt you could throw three rods without putting a hole in the block> somewhere. Since you have the plugs out the next step would be to> remove the oil filler cap and see if you can look in there and see the> camshaft. If so, put a wrench on the end of the crankshaft and give it> a turn and see if the cam moves with it. If not, you can assume you> lost the timing belt. Since you have an interference engine you will> probably need to remove the cylinder head next and see what is damaged.>
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